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- November 30, 2009
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Huxley and the Pacifier Problem
by Greg Laden in Greg Laden's Blog
The question of pacifiers (and for that matter bottles) arises when there is a new baby. In the case of Huxley, he will be breast milk fed if possible, but that involves bottle feeding at some point. Also, since our society does not practice cross nursing all Western babies go through a risk period when they begin to starve while the mother's milk is not yet in. Sometimes that is a couple of days, sometimes longer.
In any event, the question comes up, do you let a baby anywhere near a nippl........ Read more »
Cynthia R. Howard, Fred M. HowardDagger, Bruce Lanphearp, Elisabeth A. deBlieck, Shirley Eberly, & Ruth A. Lawrence*. (1999) The Effects of Early Pacifier Use on Breastfeeding Duration . Pediatrics, 103(3). info:other/
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